The Sonata was recorded a week prior, also in the night, October 14th 2011. (I played it live the next day, but in very odd conditions...a portable electric Yamaha keyboard in the children's corner of a library, believe it or not. And after explaining a few thinks about LISZT and his sonata, and giving the performance, one random lady started yelling out things about another musician I work with regularly, concluding her off the wall monologue with, "But I liked you're CHOPIN!" I'm not kidding you, three or for people afterwards praised my "Chopin" performance, ARGH!)
Back on the 14th, and Ah! I spent a couple hours practicing without pedal before recording this on the C7 (thankfully...but man was it fussy this day. The reason I recorded from so far a distance was because of the terribly metallic tone the strings were producing that day...I'm telling you, there is no way of knowing how this piano is going to act on any given day - a product of the room, freezing one day, burning up the next...I've been in their where my fingers were hydroplaning on the keys for the excessive humidity...also, have you ever heard such a thing where the tuning shifts so much at the use of the una corda? Man!). You should practice with pedal...do what your going to do, you know? Too much exploration.
Ah well, again. I find it therapeutic to to write these things, and tell "you" how "you" should do this and that in total deflection. Ah...I hope it entertains you. I sure type "Ah" a lot.
Liszt B minor. A good piece of music. Make sure "you" memorize the rhythms correctly, hahaha.
(Too tired) Dave